Mayville Central High School - Pacemaker Yearbook (Mayville, NY)

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1950 THE PACEMAKER CLASS WILL - 1950 We, the Senior Class of 1950 of Mayville Central School, Academy Street, Village of Mayville, County of Chautauqua, State of New York, and Country of the United States of America, being mentally alert, of extraordinary intelligence, do hereby take this opportunity to publish this our last Will and Testament, before leaving the dear halls of M. C. S. ITEM I-To our faithful faculty We bid farewell, thanking you sincerely for the trials and tribulations you have suffered during the past years. ITEM II-To the Junior Class: First-We leave our great distinction of being the best graduating class in the history of M. C. S. Second-We bequeath our home room and our well-worn advisor, Mr. Steward. Third-We leave our well-used gum, water-filled squirt guns, and our books that have been used to such great advantage during the last year. ITEM III-To the Sophomore and Freshman classes we leave our exemplary conduct, both in the classrooms and in the halls. ITEM IV-To the eighth grade we leave our neat lockers and our excellent arrange- ment of books. ITEM V-The following, our rich possessions and crowning achievements, we will to the worthy individuals of the Junior class, as we make our way into the dark, cruel world: To Bruce Ames, Helen Howe leaves her never-dying love funless college life interferesl. To George Balcom, Patsy Ross leaves her great love and devotion for all teachers. Ross Munson leaves to Danny Barkman his law-abiding method of driving a car. Of course, Danny, we know you don't need any of this. Vesta Rater leaves to Fred Buxton her whole dude ranch Cincluding many sway- back horsesl. To Bill Chamberlain, Frank Estep leaves a goodly share of his height, We know you can put this to a very good use. To Norman Confer, Dick Mount leaves his Sad Sack disposition. Dick Chamberlain wills to Roger Dornberger his place on the basketball team. We are sure you know that we mean the bench. To Gilbert Hayward, Paul Wood sadly leaves his accomplishments in ag. Steve Elliott and Corky Hull will to Rodney Love all their ability in going steady with a girl from Bemus Point. To Herb Magnuson, Virginia Moss leaves her ability to go steady and still finish school. Hope you do as well as Ginny has. Charlotte Stage leaves to Tom Marsh her ability to get a part in every play. If you do as well as Charlotte did, your Senior play will certainly be a great success. To John McConnell, Lillian Robinson leaves her unruffled manner. We are posi- tive John can put this to a good use. To Tom Parker, Ray Biekert bequeaths his great love for the female sex, Larry Carlson leaves to Eugene Shepard his unused ability to always be on time and be fully conscious of all things that are happening around him. To Ed Swan, Gladys Legros leaves her great Ugift of gab. We are very sure Ed will put this to a good use. To Phil Young, Dave Hansen and Keith Ross bestow their technique of making Miss Paolillo smile. Every little bit we give you will help, Phil. Joyce Anderson and Ted Chapman leave to Norma Barber their enjoyable noon hours. We all know that Norma's are already very pleasant. To Dolores Beck, Florence Chandler leaves her quiet manner and her lovely voice. Richard Rockwell wills to Phylis Burke his great ability to get along with everyone. To Jeanne Carlson, Janet and Janice Pickard bequeath their ability to get an out- of-town fella. It could be a very good policy, Jeanne. To Anita Dearing, Patty Gallagher leaves her fine record of regular attendance. Make good use of this unmarred record, Anita! To all those concerned, Marlene Loomis and Bud Robbins leave a fine record of a happy high school courtship. Maxine Higgs leaves to Joyce Faulkner and Maxine Lupean her date book. Please don't quarrel over this gift, girls! To Nancy Graham, Nancy Miller wills her great ability of roller-skating. This we are sure you can use. Art Geertson bequeaths to Janice Green his Winsome ways with the opposite sex.

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THE PACEMAKER 1950. this was very exciting, for a senior ring meant so much. Class rings brought back memories of the happy days at MCS. In November the annual .Shmoo dance was held. This was a great success and everyone wasproud of the unique decorations. Many thanks to Miss Brown and Mrs. Rider for giving their time and patience. Mr. Hickok's orchestra provided suitable music. The grand march was led by Dick Chamberlain and Marlene Faulkner who had been chosen king and queen. On December 22 a Christmas party was held. Gifts were exchanged by drawing from the grab bag. Dave Hansen invited the class to his house for an evening of entertainment and refreshments. Everyone had lots of fun, especially the snowball fight. Time went fast and before very soon John and Mary were busy practicing for the Junior play. The play entitled 'flntroducin' Susan was presented under the direction of Mrs. Rider. In token of appreciation in making the play a success, a lovely box of roses was presented to her. After the play, the Juniors had a party at Pat Ross's. A big time was had by all. The evening of June 9 was the Junior Prom night. How proud the class was of the fine decorations. Frankie Mutch's orchestra presented some very good music for dancing. Rojean Hamning and Alvin Nelson were chosen King and Queen. Everyone had a good time and will always remember the event as one of the out- standing of the Junior year. At last-September, 1949! Senior year had come and as for John and Mary it was a feeling of joy and at the same time a feeling of regret. Officers elected for the Senior class were: President, Charles Quickg Vice- President, David Hanseng Secretary, Joyce Andersong Treasurer, Vesta Rater, Student Council, Zada Petersen and Keith Ross. Gladys Legros was appointed chairman of the Senior Picture Committee, and Globe Studio of Jamestown was selected as the place. The first project of the year was the big magazine campaign. Dave Hansen and Vesta Rater were elected as general chairmen. Charlotte Stage and Patsy Ross were captains of each team. A net profit of S462 was raised and surpassed any amount of previous years. October was the month for Hallowe'en and the Seniors made plans for the annual Hallowe'en party. Dave Hansen was made general chairman for our program. Mrs. Whitney's class won the first prize of 35.00. Members of the class were happy to find that they had realized a profit of S115 from the event. After many long practices, our Senior play was presented on November 18 and 19. The play was entitled Boys About Bobbetten with Zada Petersen in the leading role. The first night was one to be long remembered. At the end of the act the stage curtain was torn, amid the gasps of the audience and louder gasps from the cast. However, it was soon repaired and the play went on. After the play, some of the Seniors went down to Dave Hansen's for a party. Mrs. Meade turned the house over to the girls who prepared the lunch. Everyone had a grand time and all were thrilled over the success of the play. The sale of Christmas cards and wrappings was another project by which money was earned for the Washington trip. During the year pencils, license tabs and candy were sold at basketball games. Marlene Loomis had charge of the sale of pencils. Many trips were made throughout the school gathering the money. April 1, the Seniors held a bake sale in which everyone participated by bringing something for the sale. John and Mary were anxious for Easter vacation. Then they could start on the long-awaited Washington trip. For four days, forty-one members of the Class of 1950 enjoyed the wonderful sights of our capital city. The trip was one that each and every one will long remember and added one more chapter to the busy Senior year. Tonight marks the beginning of our graduation exercises. It doesn't seem pos- sible that we are nearly through with our days at high school. John and Mary could be any two members of the Class of '50, Our graduation is only a short time away. To many of us it will come too soon. The memories of our high school days will long remain and the many happy times of our Senior year will never be forgotten. 11,1 ' w. 31 . .Z . .1 l 5 4 2 I 1 .Al- sf 'f-. yi.. .

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THE PACEMAKER 1950 To Dorothy Harrington and Frank Henshaw, Myron Leet and Bob Berthold bestow their friendly race in scholastic standings. We wonder who will be on top in the end. Beverly Phillips leaves to Joan Swearer her quiet, sophisticated manner in the school halls. To Jean Matthews and Mary Lou Parker, Katherine Pabody leaves her great ability to talk. To Elaine Nosbisch, Louise Webber wills her formula for congenial boy-friend relations. To Patty Raun we leave Don Gage. Unharmed, unused, free of competition, together with plenty of used automobiles. Shirley Stacey, our first Senior to become engaged, leaves to Carolyn Norton her ability to stick to and hold one man. Charlie Quick leaves his well-done task of being president of our illustrious Senior class to the Junior who is the most worthy, To Marlene Dorman, Elaine Damon wills her formula to graduate in less than average time. Paul Weise leaves to all under-classmen his fine example of determination to finish his high school education. Marlene Little wills to Connie Mackenzie her ability to change her mind in a moment's notice. To Emma Barton, Zada Petersen bestows her hard-earned position on the varsity cheerleading squad. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seal this twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty. Signed: MARLENE LOOMIS JANET PICKARD .1 CLASS PROPH ECY Thursday morning, May 15, 1970, Ambassador Long received a special delivery with orders to return to the States immediately. This made me very happy as I have been a private nurse for Ambassador Long for many years and have not been to the States since 1952. After I settled myself for a long ride home I began looking around. The airline lrostess seemed vaguely familiar and when she came around to fasten me in my seat I realized she was Florence Chandler, my old school pal. She told me she was employed by the International Airlines, and had traveled to many countries during the year. The route traveled over the North Pole and as we needed fuel we stopped at an airport in Iceland. It was still quite cold here even though it was the middle of May, so I went over to the main building of the airport and bought a hot chocolate. I turned around from the counter and stood face to face with-can you imagine- Katherine Pabody, I was very much surprised and asked her what she was doing way up in Iceland. She told me she had been a Baptist missionary there for the past five years, and that she enjoyed her work very much. Back on the plane it did not take long to get to Washington, D. C., where I bade Ambassador Long goodbye. While there I decided to look up Gladys Legros. She had been working as medical secretary in the John Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore. Ilcalled at her hotel and, to my surprise, found Virginia Moss rooming with her. Virginia is now employed at John Hopkins also, as a trained nurse. Gladys was busy packing for her vacation. We went home to Mayville together and began looking up old school friends. We received a dinner invitation from Mrs. Richard Dalrymple, the former Shirley Stacey. Upon arriving we found Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Tucker. Mrs. Tucker, the for- mer Janet Pickard, told us her sister Janice is in charge of a day nursery in Mayville. Maxine Higgs came after dinner. She is now kindergarten teacher at Mayville. She said she had gone to the Music Festival at Fredonia last week-end. There she saw Helen Howe, who is now Mrs. Bruce Ames. Helen is now chorus director of Silver Creek High School, which received top honors with a lv rating. One of the adjudicators at Fredonia was Myron Leet, graduate of Fredonia Normal in 1954, and later Myron had earned his Doctor's degree in music at New York University. It seemed a small world, after all. We went uptown to get an appointment with a beautician and found Elaine Damon's Beauty Salon rated as tops.